Q For this week, complete collecting the data for the Fieldwork and Primary Research (the Survey from Survey Monkey, and the selected prompt for conducting an observation). Submit by Sunday by the end of Week 9. Here is the format: You will use APA style. Use a Microsoft Word (doc.) or (docx.) A Memo Report is a bit longer than a traditional memo. The Memo Report is detailed and should include your findings from your Fieldwork and Primary Research data collection. Review the additional reading website links to help you brainstorm on the content. ________________________________________ For the Memo Report include the following information: Provide a “Memo Report” memo layout, as in your previous submission for the CAB. The audience for your memo the specific community, who you want to provide this data to, (it is not for your instructor). Purpose: The “Memo Report” describes your method / methodology, (the survey and the type of observation). Body of the memo: Include the following: An introduction describing the issue/topic. What was the purpose of creating a survey and an observation? The bigger research questions with a thesis statement. (from your CAB memo). How does the collected primary research fit into the CAB research questions? Use examples from the collected primary research to support your discussion. Findings and Analysis of the Primary Research: What did you learn from conducting the survey and the observation? What data did you collect from the survey and the observation? (Use examples from the data to show connections to the issue/topic). Did the survey and the observation help you answer the research questions that you investigated in your secondary research from the Critical Annotated Bibliography (CAB) assignment? If so, how, provide examples? If not, then what will you do to better connect your Primary Research to your Secondary Research? What was the most relevant part of conducting the survey? What was the most relevant part of conducting the observation? Recommendations: What recommendations can be made to help the Fieldwork and Primary Research become a stronger component for expanding research and for collecting data on the subject matter? Conclusions: What conclusions or inferences can you make based on the Primary Research conducted/? Why is the data collected important to the issue/topic? How do you plan to incorporate the Primary Research findings into the next Module 4: Broader Community Study? In addition to the memo include two appendixes. Appendix A: The Survey Questions and Answers from Survey Monkey (Analyze results, by collecting the data. Must include Images: Generate tables and pie charts to show results. Appendix B: The Observation prompt and the collected information. ________________________________________ As a reminder, here is the description for the Module 3: Local Fieldwork/ Primary Research and Module 4: Broader Community Study. “Module 3: Local Fieldwork: Students will identify a social, political, or ethical issue related to their local community or partnering agency. As part of this assignment students will generate research questions pertaining to the topic and their inquiry. Local research may include field observations, consulting local and primary sources, collecting surveys, and conducting interviews.” “Module 4: Broader Community Study: The broader community study will build upon students’ local research, extending it into a broader inquiry. Students have the option to change their focus. This project will incorporate secondary research in order to examine the societal impact of their chosen issue. This includes developing a larger list of sources and creating an evaluative annotated bibliography.” ________________________________________ Readings: EAA Reader: Review Course Calendar for EEA Chapter Readings & FYC Handbook. ***Note: As a reminder, you are responsible for reading these chapters, even though they will not always appear in a reader response discussion or reflection). Additional Reading Material: University of New England. What is an appendix? https://www.une.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/392156/WE_Appendices.pdf Purdue Online Writing Lab: Tables, Appendices, Footnotes and Endnotes. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_the_social_sciences/writing_in_psychology_experimental_report_writing/tables_appendices_footnotes_and_endnotes.html Purdue Online Writing Lab: Informal Lab Reports, Short Memo or Letter Reports https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_engineering/handbook_on_report_formats/reports_and_memos.html Example: Impact: Center for Evaluation and Research: Tips & Tools #20: Writing Analytic Memos for Qualitative Research https://tobaccoeval.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5301/files/inline-files/WritingAnalyticalMemosforQualitativeResearch.pdf Scribbles from the Ivory Tower: Analytic memo-taking. https://ivorytowerscribbles.blog/2019/06/18/ivory-tower-writing-17-analytic-memo-taking/ Writing@CSU: Informational Memos: https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/page.cfm?pageid=1481&guideid=73 MIT: Guidelines for Effective Informational Memos: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-225-argumentation-and-communication-fall-2006/lecture-notes/guide_info_memos.pdf ________________________________________ Things to think about: • How to connect Fieldwork and Primary Research to develop an issue; • The use of collected data to investigate the issue; • The use of observations and fieldwork to expand the secondary research; ________________________________________ Work in Progress: • Begin making connections to Module 4: Broader Community Study ________________________________________ Due: Module 3: Local Fieldwork (see criteria above for the Memo Report) and within the folder. There are no discussions due this week.